Judge Laurie Michelson
Eastern Michigan U.S. District Court
Laurie Jill Michelson was born in June 1967 in Detroit, Michigan. She earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and received a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law. She clerked at the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals before entering into private practice.
She was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and served three years in that capacity.
President Barack Obama nominated Michelson to serve as a district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. After a cloture vote, her nomination was confirmed by the Senate in a 98-0 vote. She received her judicial commission in March 2014.
In the News…
A lawsuit brought by an organization known as Detroit Will Breathe alleged that police officers violated First and Fourth Amendment rights of demonstrators by responding to peaceful protests with “beatings, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, sound cannons, flash grenades, chokeholds, and mass arrests without probable cause.” They sought a temporary restraining order against Detroit police.
Federal District Court Judge Laurie Michelson partially granted the restraining order. “The Court finds that temporary injunctive relief is warranted and grants in part plaintiffs’ motion for a Temporary Restraining Order,” she wrote in granting the order for at least 14 days. She blocked police from using chokeholds, rubber bullets, and chemical agents.
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The Honorable Judge Laurie J. Michelson
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse
231 W. Lafayette Blvd., Room 737
Detroit, MI 48226
